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.0- S; HARDY. REFRIGERATOR GAR- Nd. 526,969. Patented 0013.2,1894.

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Application no November 21,1898. Serlel No. 491,561. (somatic T aZZ whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. HARDY, at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Refrigeration and Storage, of which the following cation:

My invention is an improvement in apparatus for refrigeration and storage and relates especially to that class of such apparatus 1n whi it is desirable atone time toprcvide means for supporting ice or other refrigeratmg agents and at other times to foldsuch ice supporting means out of the way to afford more space when refrigeration is not desired, and

the present inventionseeks among other im proveinents to provide constructions by which to economize ice and :to from such ice somng'tn'e contents or the car, to avoid clogging of th'eldrain pipe and to secure a simple and secure folding, unfolding and supporting of the seyeral-folding parts;

0 these ends the invention consists in oer tain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

' In the drawings+Figure longitudinal section of a car provided with my improvements the ice box sections an drain guard being fblded at one end of the car and unfolded or lopened use at the opposite end. Fig. perspective view of one of the ice boxes. Fig. 3 shows apart of t e drain guard in detail. Fig. i is a cross sec ion of the elect, and Fig.

,the hinge.

In the construct n shown -I provide beneath the ceiling oftthe cars. longitudinally extended fines A w ose inlet ends are ar- 2 is an enlarged ranged on opposite \sides of a line drawn ce'n-' trally between the ands of the car and whose nward from such inlet ends toward their-outlets into the ice boxes.

,To' 'brace the lines and the top of the car against the weight of the ice boxes and their contents I provide; below the-flue a truss brace B extending; from the outlet or discharge end of one line along both said dues to the outlet end of the other flue and are bolted firmly to the Hues and to the car top The times brace is arranged beis a specifi-.

operate to carry prevent the drlppi-ngs being bolted firmly thereto operates eificiently to give strength and'rigidity to the car. The tiues'condnctthe air from the storage space of the car to the ice boxes which letter are formed with the hinged sides 0 and bottoms D whichopen outward against the cleats E.- These cleats E are secured to the side walls of the car, are provided with gutters e which oil the condensations and in practice these cleats. and-their gutters are lined with the zinc or other similar side lining of the ice box andare provided with rubber strips e to'perfect the sealing the clests'og serving thus to seal as well. as support the hinged side and bottom or 'floor'ot the ice box.

The floor is hinged stone of the car and has at itsopposite 0r swinging edge a beam d which extends from side to side ot the car, and it and the swinging edge edge to the end of the side wall are formed to fit closely tov gather and a rubber strip F is provided to complete the sealing. Both the side wall and the bottom or floor are formed with dead air spaces G which improve 1 is a vertical to position for permit the sides and-bottom to be made of lighter stufi than would be otherwise practicable.v I

; Below the bottom cleats E are arranged the d drain guard cleats E similar to the cleats E andv arranged at an incline to the vertical as shown the direction of such inclination being away from the adjacent ends of the'car as shown; These cleats E guard H when the latter is folded out to position for-"use. This drain card is pivotally supported or hinged at its o'wer edge and is formed with the framing and the cross slats separated for the circulation of airand arranged as shown to prevent the drippings from splashing 'onto the contents of the car. 'At its lower end the drain guard has pintles I which fit in slotted keepers/i so the guard may readily swingbetween folded and unfolded positions and yetcan be removed in cleaning the car. in practice the pintles are the ends or other portions of a rod exte ding from sideto side of the drain guard and operating as a cross brace as shown.

support the. drain the insulation and In connecting the drain guard with the shown of thetwo members J and connected guardoperates-to retain sawdust and the like one at the-farther side.

and prevents-it from passing to and clogging 'the outlet drain'Land so cause a flooding of the car. I It should be understood that Fig. 2 of the drawings is in the nature of a partial nearly central longitudinal section of acar, showing one half of one of the ice boxes in section. In,this view which isdrawn just a little to one side of a the center ofthe car I show the central truss beam B." I also-show here one setrof the connections J, K at the center and It shoul beunder stood that s 'set of 'these connections J, Kis

' nation otthe hinged floor of the ice box, the

iparting' from my improvements.

used at both-sides of the drain guard; also that either the side or the central connections but not both may be dispensed with without de- Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire bo'secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a refrigerating a status substantially described the com ination of the ice box or receptacle and a slatted drain guard arranged below the bottom or floor thereof substantially as set forth.

2. In a refrigerating apparatus the combination with the ice box or receptacle, formed with hinged members adapted to fold, of a drain guard arranged below said box and supported-to fold or swing'into'and onto! posie tionflfor usesubstantially as set forth.

3. In a refrigerating apparatus the comb!- hinged drain guard and connectionsbetwoen the floor and guard whereby the latter will be adj u'sted by the movements of the floor snbstantially as set forth.

' secured, said beam 4. The combination of the ice box-having v hinged sectionssthe cleats sustainingsueh sections and thedraiu guard and the cleats sustaining such guard substantially"assetforth.

5. Inan apparatus substantially as described the combination of the hinged ieebox floor, the hinged'drain guard and a con-nection bet ween said guard and door formed of members sliding one .upon the other substantially as set forth. r 6; The combination of the hingedjce box side and floor sections, the cleats sustaining the same,- the'drain guard below the ice box guard, and a connectionbetw'een said guard tion beingformed. of members sliding, one open the other substantially as set forth,

7. The-combination of the hinged ice 'receptacle and drain guard'h'aving the illustrated rubber or flexible material sealing the -joint betw'ee'n its wait and draft due, the grooved grain cleats provided with rubber-oisuitable material andsealiugthe wall floor and drain guard at their ends, the hinged wall being grooved and providedwith s'ame'or similar material and flush at its'tree edge, the hinged floorbeing providedwith a beam at its free'edge uponiwhich ice 'cleats rest and are I being grooved in such a manner that the wall and floor form a sealed jointand forming'a sealed icereceptaele stall points not required for'inlet and discharge of .air to and Irom-ftheice recentaole by i s ow weight when hinged together'and when in an described.' 8 In a refrigerating apparstus,the-'eombination of the hinged floor of the ice rece 'tsele, the hingedsidp wall otsuohreceptac e sa'idw'all and floor beingarrau ed to abut at their swinging edgeswhen ope ed and use uling strip-interposed-between each side and floor at the joint or abutment of such parts substantially as set forth.

CHAS. S.- HARDX,

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sections, the cleats sustaining said drain.

. and the bottom or floor section said'conu ee open position substantially asillustrated and 4 Correction in Letters Patent No; 52 6, 969

Cbuntersigxid:

It is hereby certified that in Lem; Patent No. 626,969, granted October 2 1894, upon the application of Charles S.'Ha.rdy, of San Diego, California, for an improvet, i fBf -i' b c n a error appeetrs in'the printed spooifioatioh'i'quiring correction as follows: Iii line 73, page 2 the word grain should road drain; and

that the said Letters Patent shou ldber head with this oorrotion therein that the same may conform to the roox d of the casein the Patent Oflico..

Signed conntergignod; and sealed this 16th day of Fbruary, A. D, 1897.

mo. M. REYNOLDS, Aagigtant Sgcretary of the lntmlor.

[SEAL] 'Jon y S. SEYMOUR,

Commisaiomr of Patents. 

